Car-fender.



PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907. N. P. DUNCAN;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CAR-FENDER.

No. @sensal Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907.

Application filed November 19, 1906. Serial No. 344,034.

T0 all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, NANCY PATTERSON DUNCAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention vrelates to certain new and useful improvements in car-fenders and the invention has for its primary object to provide an automatically-operatedfender that will prevent persons from being run down and being injured by street-cars.

Another object of this invention` is to provide a simple and inexpensive fender which will not injure a person contacting with the same. y

A further object of this invention is to prou vide a fender applicable to various types of cars, the fender being strong and durable and highly efficientfor the purpose intended.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and then specically pointed out in the clairrs.

Referring to the drawings, forming part of this specification, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the Several views, in whichd Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved fender. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, and Fig. 3 is a front elevation. y

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated an end bolster 1 of a car-truck 2,

' and to this bolster I secure my improved ber.

fender. The fender comprises a rectangular base-frame 3, covered with a netting of wire or rope 4. The base-frame 3 is supported by hangers 5, suitably secured to the bolster 1.` The side rails 6 of the base-frame 3 have their outer ends connected by curved arns 7 to the hangers 5, said arrrs being provided with buffers 8, of a resilient material, as rub- Between the arms 7, side rails 6, and hangers 5 are arranged nettings 9, formed of rope or wire.

The outer ends of the side rails 6 of the main frame 3 are provided with outwardlyextending rods 10, having eyelets 11 formed at their outer ends. The rods 1() are connected together by an upper cross-bar 12 and a lower cross-bar 14, the object of which will presently appear.

Hinged to the front rail 15 of the main frame 3 is an auxiliary frame 16, said frame extending forwardly between the bars 12 and 14. These bars serve to liirit the upward-and-downward `ir-.ovement of the auxil iary frame 16. 'Fihe outer forward edges of the frame 16 are provided with hook-Shaped members 17, connected together by a revoluble roller 18, preferably made of a resilient material, as rubber. The hook ends 19 of the members 17 are adapted to normally rest in the eyelets 11 of the rods 1() and support the auxiliary frame 16 in an elevated position.

Should a person or object be run down by a street-car equipped with my improved fender, the auxiliary frame 16 is released to prevent the person or object from passing under the main frame 3. This is accomplished through the medium of the members 17. When a person strikes the' roller 18, the same is carried rearwardly until the hook ends 19 of the members 17 become disengaged from the eyelets 11. The disengagement of the hook ends 19 from the eyelets 11 is accomplished by the membersA 17 sliding through sleeves 20, carried by the frame 16. rIhe auxiliary frame 16 is then permitted to drop,V

together with the members 17 and roller 18, to the position illustrated in dotted lines of Fig. 1 and 1n this manner prevent the main frame 4 from passing over a person or object. Tliecurve-d arms 7, together with the nettings 9, form side frames for the main frame 3 and prevent the person or object carried by the main frame from falling from the sides of said frame.

From the foregoing it will be observed that I have devised an automatically-actuated fender adapted to drop into an operative position when striking a person or object, the fender being restored to its normal position after the car equipped with the same has Stopped and the person or object removed from the fender.

My invention particularly resides in the auxiliary frame 16 and the mechanism for temporarily supporting it in an elevated position., said frame and mechanism being applicable to various types of fend ers at present used. Such changes in the size, proportion, and minor details of construction as are per- IOO der supporting-rods pivotally connected at I and having a sleeve at each end adjacent its forward edge, hook members slidable in said i sleeves and normally engaging in the eyes of said supporting-rods, and a roller carried by said hook members.

3, A car-fender comprisingamain fenderframe, an auxiliary fender hinged at its rear edge to the forward edge of the main fenderframe, supporting-rods connected at their inner ends to the main fender-frame and provided with eyes at their outer ends, slidable means carried by the auxiliary fender and engaging in said eyes for normally holding the forward edge of the auxiliary fender suspended, the said slidable means extending forwardly in front of the auxiliary fender, and a roller carried by said slidable means, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NANCY PATTERSON DUNCAN.

missible by the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to ters Patent, is-

1. In a fender, the combination with a car, of a main frame supported therefrom, side frames carried by said main frame, outwardly-extending rods carried by said main frame, bars connecting said rods, an aux- I iliary frame hinged to said main frame and extending outwardly between vsaid bars, hook shaped members slidably mounted i upon said auxiliary frame and adapted to temporarily engage said rods, and a resilient roller connecting said members, substantially as described.

2. A car -fender comprising a suitablysupported main fender-frame, auxiliary-fensecure by Let` their inner ends to the main fender-frame,

and provided with eyes at their outer ends, l Witnesses: an auxiliary fender hinged at its rear edge to l MAx H. SRoLov1Tz, the forward edge of the main fender-frame A. J. TRIGG. 

